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Viridian Professional Office Park

Arlington, TX

Expertise

  • Commercial

Services

  • civil engineering
  • land surveying
  • landscape architecture

Baird, Hampton & Brown provided full civil engineering, land surveying, and landscape architecture services for a complex of eight office buildings in the upscale Viridian development in Arlington, Texas. This area is set apart from the rest of the city because of the developer’s vision for a higher-end, more modern development. High demand for this up-and-coming area resulted in all units leased out before the end of the design phase. Because of the unique placement of these buildings in the Viridian district of Arlington, our team was tasked with juggling the different standards and coordinating with both the District and the City. Due to the traffic signal at Bird’s Fort Trail, extensive TxDOT coordination was also necessary.

A unique aspect of this project’s design is sidewalks around the perimeter of each building. This was proposed by our team in response to the owner’s concerns about foundation and drainage issues. The sidewalks butting up against the foundation prevent foundation planting, and therefore eliminate the possibility of incorrectly installed landscaping causing issues or damage in the future. The biggest challenge of this project was grading the site to meet ADA requirements and Texas Accessibility Standards and coordinating the grading with the structural engineering plans. Our team also had to consider the floodplain along the back of the site. Public water and sewer line extensions were needed throughout the property as well as an offsite public sewer extension. Approximately 1,100 LF of eight-inch public water main and 1,850 LF of eight-inch public sewer main was extended as part of this project.

The landscape scope of work included meeting both the City of Arlington landscape ordinance and the special landscape requirements of Viridian. All the buildings were heavily landscaped with a variety of street trees, shade trees, ornamental small trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses, perennials, and annual flowers. Special landscaping was provided for a large entry monument sign at the north end of the development which serves as a gateway into Viridian.

Key People

  • Konstantine Bakintas, PE

    Konstantine Bakintas, PE

    Chairman of the Board | Senior Civil Engineer

    Konstantine Bakintas has a passion for improving the landscape of our community by building innovative infrastructure and site improvements that will serve the public for decades. His extensive experience includes engineering design and project management for a wide variety of civil and environmental assignments. Konstantine also enjoys assisting small municipalities as a consulting city engineer.

    He has been recognized as a Distinguished Engineer by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Engineer of the Year by the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter, and has presented technical papers to the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Public Works Association. Konstantine has also been involved with the annual MATHCOUNTS competition to get middle school students excited about math.

    He lives in Grapevine with his wife Stephanie, an educator, and he enjoys sailing, movies, and bikes.

    Project Experience

    Church Street
    Glade & Pool Road Roundabout
    Meadowview Estates Channel Improvements
    Monterra Medical Campus
    The Bowden: Event & Weddings

    Education

    University of Utah:
    Bachelor’s Degree/1985/Civil Engineering
    University of Texas at Arlington:
    Master’s Degree/1990/Water Resources & Environmental

  • Daniel Franklin, PE

    Daniel Franklin, PE

    Associate | Civil Engineer

    Daniel has always enjoyed math and fixing things, so engineering was an easy career choice for him. He decided to become a civil engineer, specifically, because having drinking water, sewer, storm drainage, roads, and buildings are essential to everyday life.

    Daniel started working at BHB in 2008, as an intern, while attending the University of Texas at Arlington. During his time at BHB, he has advanced from an intern to a licensed professional civil engineer and project manager. He has worked on a range of public improvement projects as well as site development projects that include public utilities. Daniel has experience analyzing and designing water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, underground stormwater conveyance systems, and roadways. His skills include hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, rehabilitation/reconstruction design, and construction inspection.

    Outside of work, Daniel enjoys spending time with his wife, their twins, and family. He also likes playing racquetball and frisbee disc golf in his spare time. His favorite place to visit is Mexico, particularly the mountains, because it is peaceful and time seems to slow down.

    Project Experience


    Education

    University of Texas at Arlington:
    Bachelors/2011/Civil Engineering

  • Tom Kellogg, RLA

    Tom Kellogg, RLA

    Project Manager | Senior Landscape Architect

    As a Landscape Architect, Tom Kellogg has experience working in a project management position for both multi-disciplinary firms and landscape architecture design firms. His project history includes a wide variety of project types, including parks and recreation, commercial landscape design, streetscapes, single and multi-family developments, and multimodal recreation trails.

    Living only a mile away from our Grapevine office, Tom discovered BHB while he was riding his bike and instantly wished he could work here. As it turned out, BHB was looking for a landscape architect at the time, and the rest is history.

    Outside of work Tom enjoys bicycling, something he’s loved doing since he was a kid. He rides 80-100 miles a week on his road bike. Tom also loves playing tennis, reading, camping, traveling, and visiting museums with his son.

    Tom has lived in a lot of places growing up and due to work, including Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Maryland. His favorite place to visit is England, especially London. Tom has also traveled to Italy, Switzerland, and France. His favorite place for natural scenery is the Swiss Alps, and his favorite man-made sight is St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.

    Project Experience

    Imperial Construction Office and Shop
    Monterra Medical Campus
    Park Hill Surgery Center
    The Bowden: Event & Weddings

    Education

    University of Arkansas:
    Bachelor’s Degree/1982/Landscape Architecture

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